Suhr, Friedrich Dr.jur. (Waffen SS)
- Date of birth:
- May 6th, 1907 (Lunenburg/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 31st, 1946 (Wuppertal-Elberfeld/Westphalia, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS Nr.: 65.824 // NSDAP-Nr.: 2.623.241
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Killed him self in the prisoner of war camp at Wuppertal-Elberfeld.
Brother of Hauptmann Rudolf Suhr and half-brother of Gustav Suhr, who fought for the Alies.
Promotions:
November 9th, 1938: SS-Hauptsturmführer;
September 10th, 1939: SS-Sturmbannführer;
April 20th,1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer.
His father was Gustav George Nicholas Metoo Suhr, who was last known to be living in New Plymouth NZ but then vanished overseas after internment during the First World War.
Career:
01.02.1933: joined the SS
01.05.1933: joined the NSDAP
15.08.1937: Dienststelle I F, SIPO Hauptamt
00.03.1940: SS-Stubaf, Referat II A 3, RSHA
00.00.1941: SS-Stubaf, Referat IV B 4
00.11.1942: SS-Stubaf, Befehlshaber der Sipo und des SD Kiev
00.11.1942-05.08.1943: SS-Stubaf, Führer, SS-Sonderkommando 4b, Einsatzgruppe C
06.08.1943-00.11.1943: SS-Stubaf, Führer, Einsatzkommando 6
00.11.1943: SS-Stubaf, Befehlshaber der Sipo und des SD Toulouse, France
00.11.1943-11.12.1944: SS-Stubaf, Kdr, SS-Kampfgruppe, Höheren SS- und Polizeiführer, Bereich, Militärbefehlshaber West, France
12.12.1944-00.03.1945: SS-Ostubaf, SS- und Polizeiführer 'Oberelsass'
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SS-Zivilabzeichen
No. 36.786
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1935
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
- Unit:
- Führer, Sonderkommando 4b, Einsatzgruppe C
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1943
Kommandoführer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
- Unit:
- Führer, Sonderkommando 4b, Einsatzgruppe C
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1943
Kommandoführer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
- Unit:
- Führer, Sonderkommando 4b, Einsatzgruppe C
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1943
Kommandoführer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
- Unit:
- Führer, Kampfgruppe, Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und der SD Frankreich
- Awarded on:
- December 16th, 1943
Kommandoführer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obersturmbannführer / Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei
- Unit:
- Führer, Kampfgruppe, Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und der SD Frankreich
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kampfgruppe, Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und der SD Frankreich
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1944
Kommandoführer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Führer, Kampfgruppe, Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und der SD Frankreich
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1944
Kommandoführer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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